A. Thomas Bugnyar as PI

SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE IN RAVENS
FWF P33960-B: 2020-2024, stand-alone project, together with
Dr. Palmyre Boucherie, PhD candidate: Awani Bapat

FISSION-FUSION DYNAMICS AND SOCIAL COGNITION IN WILD RAVENS
FWF P29705-B29: 2016-2020, stand-alone project, together with
Dr. Matthias Loretto, PhD candidate: Mario Gallego Abenza

WHAT DO CROWS IN VIENNA ZOO?
FWF TCS67: 2020-2021, Top Citizen Science project together with Dr. Palmyre Boucherie and Dr. Didone Frigerio

RAVEN POLITICS: Understanding and Use of Social Relationships
FWF Y366-B17: 2008-2014, START Prize
PhD candidates: Anna Braun, Markus Boeckle, Tina Gunhold, Georgine Szipl, Matthias Loretto

SOCIAL KNOWLEGDE IN RAVENS
FWF R31-B03: 2004-2007, Erwin-Schrödinger return fellowship
Co-supervision of PhD candidate: Christian Schloegl

TACTICAL DECEPTION IN RAVENS
FWF J2064 and J2225: 2001-2003, Erwin-Schrödinger fellowship

B. Collaborative projects

COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION II
DK W1262-B29: Doctoral program, 2021-2024, speaker Fitch, Co-PIs Thomas Bugnyar, Leonida Fusani, Stefanie Höhl, Ludwig Huber, Sonia Kleindorfer, Claus Lamm, Friederike Range, Angela Stöger-Horwath, Sabine Tebbich
PhD candidate Bugnyar: Silvia Damini

2017-2021, speaker Fitch, Co-PIs Thomas Bugnyar, Leonida Fusani, Stefanie Höhl, Ludwig Huber, Sonia Kleindorfer, Claus Lamm, Friederike Range, Angela Stöger-Horwath, Sabine Tebbich
PhD candidate Bugnyar: Katharina Wenig

COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION
DK W1234-B17: Doctoral program, 2011-2015, speaker Thomas Bugnyar, Co-PIs Tecumseh Fitch, Walter Hödl, Ludwig Huber, Kurt Kotrschal
PhD candidate Bugnyar: Alexandru Munteanu

COBRA (Cognition and Brain of Ecological Invaders)
EU, FP7 PEOPLE Marie Curie Actions (international research staff exchange scheme), 2014-16, Coordinator: Thomas Bugnyar, Co-PIs: Onur Güntürkün (Bochum, D), Sue Healy (St Andrews, UK), Andrea Griffin (Newcastle, AUS)

MODELLING SOCIAL TRANSMISSION: How Relationships, Group size and Group Structure influence Social Learning in Wild and Captive Corvids
WWTF CS 11-008: 2012-2015, PI: Christine Schwab, Co-applicant und host: Thomas Bugnyar
PhD candidate: Rachael Miller

Cooperation, Collaboration and COGNITION IN RAVENS
FWF M1351-B17: 2012-2013, Lise Meitner fellow: Jorg Massen, Co-applicant and host: Thomas Bugnyar

COOPERATION IN CORVIDS (COCOR)
FWF I105-G11: 2007-2010, PI Group Austria: Thomas Bugnyar
Part of ESF EUROCORES program TECT (The Evolution of Cooperation and Trading), Coordinator: Ronald Noe
Postdoc: Orlaith Fraser

INCORE (Integrating Cooperation Research across Europe)
EU, FP6 043318, 2007-2010, Coordinator: David Skuse, 27 groups; PI Austria: Thomas Bugnyar, WP 7: Building a network to understand economics and cooperation in corvids

C. HOSTED PROJECTS

PHYSIOLOGICAL BASES OF PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Call 2022,
MSCA fellow: Jelena Katic (DE), Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (JP), host: Thomas Bugnyar

ACCELERATION TO FOOD
FWF Y1486: 2023-2028, START Prize Petra Sumasgutner,
host of raven studies: Thomas Bugnyar

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN COGNITION AND ECOLOGY IN EXTRACTIVE FORAGING BEHAVIORS
WWTF: 2023-2027, Vienna Research Group leader Barbara Klump, (DE) Max-Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, host: Thomas Bugnyar

DO SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AFFECT PRESCHOOLERS’ PROSOCIALITY?FWF V863: 2021-2025, Elise-Richter senior postdoc fellow Lisa Horn-Peter (AT), host: Thomas Bugnyar

DYNAMATES: DYNAMIC AUDITORY PREDICTIONS IN HUMAN AND NON HUMAN PRIMATES
FWF ZK..: 2021-2025, Young Independent Research Group (YIRG): Robert Baumgartner, Ulrich Pomper, Michelle Spierings (NL)
host of M. Spierings: Thomas Bugnyar, Postdoc: Ruth Sonnweber (AT),
PhD candidate: Julia Grabner (AT)

THE EVOLUTION OF PROSOCIAL CONCERN
FWF P26806: 2014-2017, PI: Jorg Massen, host: Thomas Bugnyar
Postdoc: Lisa Horn, PhD candidate: Martina Stocker 

C. INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

COMPUTATIONAL ETHOLOGY: Cutting-edge automation technology for the measurement and analysis of animal behavior and cognition
BMWFW, HRSM Ausschreibung 2016, funding period 2017-2021, University of Veterinary Medicine & University of Vienna: Thomas Bugnyar, Tecumseh Fitch, Leonida Fusani, Ludwig Huber

HAIDLHOF INFRASTRUCTURE
BMWFW, HRSM Ausschreibung 2013, funding period 2014-2018, University of Veterinary Medicine & University of Vienna: Thomas Bugnyar, Tecumseh Fitch, Ludwig Huber

PROJECT TO PROMOTE SCIENCE EDUCATION AT THE HAIDLHOF RESEARCH STATION
Government of Lower Austria, Science and Research, funding period 2015-2017, Thomas Bugnyar, Petra Pesak

PhD PROJECTS

How do corvids choose each other? Pair bond in ravens and crows, Anna Fabbri (IT), 2022- (PhD, KLF, Haidlhof)

Effects of relationship quality on cooperation in corvids: in brooding and joint action, Lin Wang (CN), 2022- (PhD), Haidlhof

Patterns of Social Integration and Social Information Use in Free-flying Common, Awani Bapat (IN), 2021- (PhD, KLF)

How to cope with others? Silvia Damini (IT), 2021- (PhD, KLF)

Function and mechanism of dynamic color change in anurans, Susi Stückler (AT), 2021- 2024 (PhD, Zoo Schönbrunn), in collaboration with W. Hödl and D. Preininger

Social cognition and fission-fusion dynamics in non-breeder Common ravens, Mario Gallego-Abenza, 2018-2022 (PhD thesis, KLF)

Vocal traditions in common ravens, Christian Blum (AT), 2015- (PhD, Haidlhof), in collaboration with T. Fitch

Dynamates: Dynamic auditory predictions in human and non human primates, Julia Grabner (AT), 2021- (PhD, Marmoset Lab), in collaboration with M. Spierings (NL)

Animal Visual Self-recognition and Self-Awareness, Lisa-Claire Vanhooland (FR), 2018-2024 (PhD, Haidlhof)

On the ontogeny and measurement of emotional contagion in Common ravens, Katharina Wenig (DE), 2018-2025 (PhD, Haidlhof)

The proximate and ultimate causes for empathy, Jessie Adriaense (NL), 2015-2021 (PhD thesis), in collaboration with C. Lamm.

The evolution of pro-social concern, Martina Stocker (AT), 2014-2025 (PhD, Haidlhof), in collaboration with L. Horn and JM Massen

INDIVIDUUM: Integrative Approach to the Study of Individual Differences in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), Vedrana Šlipogor (HR), 2014-2020 (PhD thesis, Marmoset Lab)

The emotional basis of raven social relation, Alexandru Munteanu (RO), 2011- (PhD, Haidlhof)

Movement ecology of wild non-breeding ravens, Matthias Loretto (AT), 2011-2016 (PhD thesis, KLF)

Social relationships and acoustic communication in Common ravens (Corvus corax), Georgine Szipl (DE), 2011-2017 (PhD thesis, KLF)

Transmission of information and tradition formation on Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), Tina Gunhold (AT), 2009-2014 (PhD thesis, Marmoset Lab)